I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

So the two girls immediately ran away separately, one in front and one behind.

“How pitiful…”

I thought to myself... If I went a little further, I probably wouldn't run into the student union. But if I ran a little further, I could still run side by side with them. After all, they couldn't follow me the whole way...

Thinking this, I had already run past the student member.

Anyway... let me just say thank you for your hard work...

Of course, I said it silently in my heart.

Thinking this, I glanced at the student member. She looked quite attractive from behind, and I just wanted to know what she looked like from the front.

And she happened to be looking towards me.

It was only when our eyes met that I realized something was wrong.

"Ah...why are you here?"

She spoke.

It was none other than the student council president.

...................

“…”

I pretended not to hear her question and tried to keep running, but she grabbed my clothes.

"Hey... the student council president pulling a first-year boy in the street is big news for the news department."

Having said that, I still stopped... and then was overtaken by a few people. The most annoying thing was that there was a look of pity in their eyes... I didn't do anything wrong!

"They don't have the guts."

As expected, Rin Hanekawa made a rebuttal that suited her status.

"...Well..." Let's put this topic aside for now, "Why are you stopping me?"

I said this while staring at her hands that were tightly holding my clothes.

"Ahem..." She immediately let go of his hand. "It's just a little strange... Why are the first graders running? The second graders should be running at this time..."

So it was just because of this...So I briefly explained the matter.

"This is really messed up..." Rin Hanekawa couldn't help but sigh.

"Yeah yeah...can I go now?"

Although the possibility is very small, it would be a bad idea if Rinquanchuan, who was caught up, saw me talking with her sister.

"Okay, okay, you can go now..."

She said and waved.

"ha..."

Just as I was about to start, I was suddenly grabbed by the collar again.

"What are you doing?"

I felt like she was playing a trick on me, so I got a little angry.

Rin Hanekawa didn't seem to care about my tone, and just said to me lightly:

"I suddenly remembered that I have to run with you for a while because of work."

She said this with a kind smile.

"Don't you want to?"

Can I answer yes?

"...Ahaha... Didn't the school say we can't run side by side? Hahaha, and you're the student council president, so this isn't appropriate..."

I tried my best to fight the last battle.

"That's for you students participating in the competition, and I'm not one of them."

...Is this what they call a double standard?

"Any other comments?"

Facing her increasingly kind smile, I can only say...

"Oh, that's fantastic."

. . . . . . . . . .

"Can't you go a little slower?"

Rin Hanekawa seemed very unhappy with the fact that I was deliberately distancing myself from her.

"It's your own fault for not being able to keep up..."

I still try to keep my distance from her.

"Ah... whatever..." Then the topic changed, "I asked you to ask about Rinquanchuan's birthday, did you ask?"

"Oh..." After she reminded me, I remembered.

"She already told me."

"Huh?" She made an incredible sound... Am I really that unreliable... It seems...

"I didn't expect you to actually ask that... I've already thought of how to blame you, but you really disappoint me."

Your disappointment is really unique.

"So, what's the date?" she asked immediately.

"Ah...I forgot." Actually, I didn't forget.

"Sheji-kun, I don't really like jokes, especially about this."

"...Well."

I felt a hint of threat.

"Don't be so harsh..." I gradually slowed down my pace, "There are some things I want to discuss with you."

"Huh?" She frowned. "Could it be that you want some benefit? If so, then I really misjudged you..."

"No... who do you think I am?"

It's really frustrating.

"Do I need to tell you who you are? Doesn't my sister often describe you appropriately?"

Forehead...

"Don't say that... I'm not joking, I really have something to tell you."

"Oh?" She thought for a moment, "What are you going to say?"

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

"What do you think it takes to cheat someone out of their money?"

I once asked this question to a classmate, although we were not very close.

"What do you need...I don't know..."

This is how he answered.

"Just a few words will do."

"That's just lying..."

"..."

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

"I say...is this really okay?"

I asked a little worriedly.

Right now, Rin Hanekawa and I are at a cold drink shop.

"It's okay... You're tired from running anyway, right? It's okay to take a rest." She seemed indifferent.

Well... since the student union said so...

"So, what exactly do you want to talk about?" She ordered an ice cream for me.

"Uh..." Actually, I don't want it, because it's not summer yet...

"Go ahead...it's not a bad topic, right?"

"Of course not...well..."

"Then stop hemming and hawing."

"Hmm... maybe it's a little complicated to understand... I need some time to organize my words..."

"What the hell are you doing... You should know the consequences of fooling the student council president."

"Hmm... Let me ask you first... Have you ever been scammed?"

"...Emotionally?"

"...I don't think you have that experience."

"You're so brave..." She sighed, "But I really didn't... Why are you asking this..."

"I...originally, in order to verify my own conclusions and to show them to others, I deceived others. Actually, that was just lying."

"..." She frowned, "I'm not a priest. You've come to the wrong person for confession."

"No... Although lying is easy for me, it's not 100% successful. The fact that I'm so confident in showing it to others shows that I know some of the tricks."

"So...how did you manage to deceive people?"

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Actually, it's not a very clever trick...it might even be childish...

I once had a classmate who often borrowed money from me, but he would always pay it back on time, so I would lend him money every time he needed it. I would borrow money from him almost every Friday, and then pay him back the next week.

Then... even though he didn't owe me any money, I specifically found him and said that he hadn't paid me back the money from last week and I needed it urgently... He was a little unconvinced at first, but when I told him some details about the number, he actually looked enlightened.

"It was at that time, I remembered..."

Later he actually gave me the money and apologized.

"Wait, stop..."

Rin Hanekawa suddenly interrupted me.

"what happened?"

"You've said so much, aren't you just to expose your life's stains to me?"

"Of course not! And I returned the money to him later." In fact, he didn't return it.

"so what?"

"So, putting that aside... I've discovered that people's memories can be influenced... Sometimes just one sentence can change their memory, though there are some limitations..."

"Oh..." She bit her spoon. "You mean... you can manipulate other people's memories?"

"Not really..." How can there be such a conclusion...

"I mean... a lot of things can affect other people's memories... I recently discovered... I can't seem to remember some things. I'm trying hard to figure it out... but I'm hesitant... With memories, should we just let them be beautiful?"

"You..." she said and suddenly stuffed a spoonful of ice cream into my mouth...my share.

"It's better to stop talking about sentimentality. It doesn't suit you."

"...Oh...Is that so?"

"Besides, although memories are beautiful, reality isn't so bad either."

“…”

"Okay, if you want to continue worrying, that's fine. But I still want to ask about my sister's birthday."

"...Uh...Okay."